Jonson, Ben · published 1600 · first performed or written 1599 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim typicality 0.80 · 509 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
What you shall think meet i'your judgement Sir to my suit. Well, I'll send you some presently. And points too sir? And points too sir. Good Lord how shall I study to deserve this kindness of you sir. Pray let your youth make haste, for I should have done a business an hour since, that I doubt I shall come too late. Now in good truth I am exceeding proud of my suit. Do you observe the plunges that this poor Gallant is put too (signor) to purchase the Fashion. ay, and to be still a Fashion behind with the world, that's the sport. Stay: O here they come from sealed and delivered. Well now my whole venture is forth, I will resolve to depart shortly. Faith sir Puntarvolo go to the Court, and take leave of the Ladies first. I care not if it be this afternoons labour. Where is Carlo? Here he comes. Faith Gallants, I am persuading this Gentleman to turn Courtier, he is a man of fair Revenue, and his estate will bear the charge well, beside for his other gifts of the mind, or so, why, they are as Nature lent him 'em, pure, simple, without any Artificial drug or mixture of these two threadbare beggarly qualities, Learning and Knowledge, and therefore the more accommodate and Genuine. Now for the life itself— O, the most Celestial, and full of wonder and delight that can be imagined signor, beyond all thought and apprehension of Pleasure. A man lives there in that divine Rapture, that he will think himself i' the third Heaven for the time, and lose all sense of Mortality whatsoever; when he shall behold such glorious (and almost immortal) beauties, hear such Angelical and Harmonious voices, discourse with such flowing and Ambrosian spirits, whose wits as sudden as Lightning, and humorous as Nectar; Oh: it makes a man all Quintessence and Flame, and lifts him up (in a moment) to the very Crystal Crown o'the sky, where (hovering in the strength of his Imagination) he shall behold all the delights of the Hesperides, the Insulae Fortunatae, Adonis' gardens, Tempe, or what else (confined within the amplest verge of Poesy) to be mere umbrae, and imperfect Figures, conferred with the most essential felicity of your Court. Well this ENCOMION was not extemporal, it came too perfectly off. Besides Sir, you shall never need to go to a hothouse, you shall sweat there with courting your mistress, or losing your money at Primero, as well as in all the Stoves in Flanders. Mary this sir, you must ever be sure to carry a good strong perfume about you, that your mistress Dog may smell you out amongst the rest; and (in making love to her) never fear to be out: for you may have a pipe of Tobacco, or a base Viol shall hang o'the wall of purpose, will put you in presently. The Tricks your Resolution has taught you in Tobacco, (the Whiff, and those sleights) will stand you in very good Ornament there?
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VVhat you shall thinke meet i'your judgement Sir to my sute. VVell, I'le send you some presently. And points too sir? And points too sir. Good Lord how shall I studie to deserue this kindnes of you sir. Pray let your youth make hast, for I should haue done a businesse an hower since, that I doubt I shall come too late. Now in good truth I am exceeding prowd of my fute. Do you obserue the plunges that this poore Gallant is put too (Signior) to purchase the Fashion. I, and to be still a Fashion behind with the world, that's the sport. Stay: O here they come from seal'd and deliuer'd. VVell now my whole venter is forth, I will resolue to depart shortly. Faith sir Puntaruolo goe to the Court, and take leae of the Ladies first. I care not if it bee this afternoones labour. VVhere is Carlo? Here he comes. Faith Gallants, I am persuading this Gentleman to turne Courtier, he is a man of faire Reuenue, and his estate will beare the charge well, besides for his other gifts of the mind, or so, why, they are as Nature lent him 'hem, pure, simple, without any Artificiall drug or mixture of these two thredbare beggerly qualities, Learning and Knowledge, and therefore the more accommodate and Genine. Now for the life it selfe— O, the most Celestiall, and full of wonder and delight that can bee imagin'd Signior, beyond all thought and apprehension of Pleasure. A man liues there in that deuine Rapture, that he will thinke himselfe i' the third Heauen for the time, and loose all sence of Mortalitie whatsoeuer; when hee shall behold such glorious (and almost immortall) beauties, heare such Angelicall and Harmonious voices, discourse with such flowing and Ambrosian spirits, whose wits as suddaine as Lightning, and humorous as Nectar; Oh: it makes a man all Quintessence and Flame, and lifts him vp (in a moment) to the very Christall Crowne o'the skie, where (houering in the strēgth of his Imagintion) he shall behold all the delights of the Hesperides, the Insulae Fortunatae, Adonis gardens, Tempe, or what else (confin'd within the amplest verge of Poesie) to bee meere Vmbrae, and imperfect Figures, confer'd with the most essentiall felicitie of your Court. VVel this ENCOMION was not extemporall, it came too perfectly off. Besides Sir, you shall neuer need to goe to a hothouse, you shall sweat there with courting your mistresse, or loosing your money at Primero, as well as in all the Stoues in Flaunders. Mary this sir, you must euer be sure to carrie a good strong perfume about you, that your mistresse Dog may smell you out amongst the rest; and (in making loue to her) neuer feare to be out: for you may haue a pipe of Tabacco, or a base Violl shall hang o'the wall of purpose, will put you in presently. The Tricks your Resolution has taught you in Tabacco, (the VVhiffe, and those sleights) will stand you in very good Ornament there?